Improvement jin baking-pans



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PATENT BRADEORDSPtyfFosTER, AOF; FINELAND, vNEW JERSEY.

`1MPROVEMENT flN-'BAKING-PANS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 174,222, dated February`29, 1876; application vtiled February 9, 1876.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, BRADFORD P. Fos'rER, of Vineland, in the county of Cumberland and Stateof New Jersey, have invented certain ving a part of this specification, in which- 'i Figure 1 represents the baking-pans Vin perspective. Fig. 2 represents a portion of the l pans in side View, showing thehinged connection formed by the linking of the handles. Fig. 3 represents the baking-pans in end view and the spring-fastening. Fig. et represents the endv view of the baking-pans on which the handles that form the hinge are attached. Fig. 5 represents, in perspective, one of the divisionplates used with the baking-paus.

Similar letters of reference, where they occur, denote like parts in all the iigures.

Myinvention relates to baking-pans in which bread, meat, and other articles of food can be cooked with less danger of burning than in common baking-pans, by means of runners located under the lowerpanA that keep it from the oor of the oven, and also by means of a tight-tting joint between the two pans, thus keeping the steam or aroma within the bakingpans. My invention relates, also, to the hinged connection between the two bakingf'pans, which consists in forming peculiar'bends on the wire handles of each pause that onehandlecan enter the other, and form wit-h it a substantial hinge for one end of the pans, allowing one to rotate on the other, and at the same time serving as a support for the upper pan when` it is lifted o' the lower one, and also allowing the baking-pans to be separated easily when desired. My invention relates, also, to division-plates formed of a single piece of sheet metal and bent in such manner as to conveniently stand on the bottom of the lower pan and divide it into compartments so as to separate the loaves of bread or other articles from each other.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe the same with reference to thedrawings. f

A represents the lower baking-pan, made of Sheet metal in the ordinary manner, and to `convenience.

the pan, and prevent the articles in the pan from burning on the bottom while baking, and prevent the pau from wearing out. At the same time the runners B allow the pan to be moved in and out oi' the oven with the greatest C represents the upper pau or cover. It is provided with a wire, c, running around it, a short distance above its lower edge, to prevent it from entering too far into the lower pan, and yet form a tight joint with the latter. It is also furnished with a ventilator that can be opened or closed when baking byrmeans of a slide, D.

The two pans A and C are held together in the following manner: To the rear of the pan A, as shown in Fig. 4., is attached, by means ofthe strap d, the handle E, which is so bent as to form a loop, e, on each side of the strap d; then it is again bent outward, so as to form the handle E of the pan, and by which it can be lifted. The upper pan, C, has also a handle, F, fastened to its rear end by a' strap, f. This handle is bent outward, so as to pass over the binding-wires ofthe pans and through the loops e of the handle E of the lower pan, andl then bent outward again, so as to form a firm connection with said loops when the pans are closed, or when they are open, as in Fig. 2, where each handle forms a support for the upper pan or cover (A), and although the two pans are rmly connected in the positions shown in Figs. 2 and 4, they can be easily disconnected when the two pans are held at right angles toV spring Gr is bent outward, so as to form a handle by which it can be operated, the peculiar form of the spring Jforming a strong, and yet an elastic, connection between the two pans.

It is often desired to bake two or more loaves of bread in the same pan, and for this purpose I employ the partitions H, made of sheet metal,

bent each Way from the center, as at k k, at right angles with the main partition, sol that it will stand up in the pan in any location that may be desired.

It is evident that the baking-pans could be made of the same form out of cast-iron without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus fully described the construction and operation of the baking-pans, I claim as my invention- Y l. In combination with the pans A and C, used for baking, the runners B, placed lengthwise of the pans, and constructed substantially as and for the purposes described.

2. In combination with the pans A and C,

.the hinged connection formed between the two 3. In combination with the pans A and C,

the partition H and spiral spring G, arranged and operating substantially as described.

4. In combination with the pans A and C, hinged by means of the interlocked handles E and F, the Wire c, located on the upper pan C, as and for the purpose described.

BRADFORD P. FOSTER.

Witnesses:

HosEA ALLEN, LYDIA C. ALLEN. 

